16 Amendments of Marian-Jean MARINESCU related to 2015/2198(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Executive Director of the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2014 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2014 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the founding members of the Joint Undertakings are the European Union, represented by the European Commission, and industrial partners, such as the leaders of the ‘Integrated Technology Demonstrators’ (ITDs) for Clean Skys, together with their associate members , along with the Leaders and the Associates listed in the Regulation and the Core Partners selected in accordance with the Regulation for Clean Sky 2 JU,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the Institutions and Bodies are required to produce each year a Report on Budgetary and Financial Management and that the information provided by the Joint Undertaking in this report lacked harmonisation and was often incomplete. Guidance is required from the Commission as to the nature and content of the report.
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the lack of information regarding the ex-post audits performed by Clean Sky JU and Clean Sky 2 JU; calls on Court of Auditors to include in the future years reports information regarding the number of ex-post audits, the total amounts covered and the findings; notes that the JU Annual Report includes such information;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that, in the absence of a clear separation between FP7 and Horizon 2020 implementation-related information, those indicators (appropriations and commitments) do not ensure a real evaluation of performance those indicators (appropriations and commitments) do not ensure a real evaluation of performance because the CA report is not providing a clear separation between FP7 and Horizon 2020 implementation-related information; calls on the Court of Auditors to include in the reports to come information regarding the execution of the budget under of FP7 and separately, under Horizon 2020; notes that the JU annual report is presenting such information;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the execution of budget allocated to FP7 (Title III) is 95,2 % for commitments (EUR 87 800 000 out of EUR 92 200 000) and 92,5 % for payments ( EUR 112 900 000 out of EUR 122 200 000); execution of budget allocated to Horizon 2020 (Title IV) is 92,5 % for commitments ( EUR 95 300 000 out of EUR 103 000 000) and 81,1 % for payments (EUR 20 500 000 out of EUR 25 000 000)18 ; notes that the aggregate numbers not complying with the final budget, presumably because of the multi annual grant agreements; __________________ 18 2014 Annual Activity Report, p. 149.
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the execution of budget allocated to FP7 (Title III) is 95,2 % for commitments (EUR 87 800 000 out of EUR 92 200 000) and 92,5 % for payments ( EUR 112 900 000 out of EUR 122 200 000); execution of budget allocated to Horizon 2020 (Title IV) is 92,5 % for commitments ( EUR 95 300 000 out of EUR 103 000 000) and 81,1 % for payments (EUR 20 500 000 out of EUR 25 000 000)18 ; notes that the aggregate numbers not complying with the final budget, presumably because of the multi annual grant agreements; __________________ 18expects the Joint Undertaking to provide further clarification to the discharge authority on this issue; __________________ 18 2014 Annual Activity Report, p. 149. 2014 Annual Activity Report, p. 149.
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets the limited amount of information regarding in-kind/cash contributions provided by the Court's report; calls on Court of Auditors to include, in the future reports, provisions regarding the evaluation procedure and the level of in-kind/cash paid contributions for FP7 and Horizon 2020, which should be presented separately;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that private members can provide their in-kind contribution in two ways under the Horizon 2020 programme; notes that after the launch of the second Joint UndertakingClean Sky 2 JU programme the total of in- kind contributions was EUR 87 413 513; takes note furthermore that the validated in-kind contribution under the FP7 programme was EUR 448 424 340,4719 ,20 ; __________________ 19 2014 Annual Activity Report, p. 154. 20 Discharge 2014 - Report on the contributions provided by CSJU Members other than the Commission to the CS programmes under FP7 and H2020, p.4.
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes from the Court's report that payment time limits were not always respected, especially in the area of Grant Agreements for Partners, which lead to penalties of EUR 41 000 in 2014; acknowledges the Joint Undertaking's effort to address this issue;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Takes note that the Joint Undertaking launched the first call for proposals ( where partners will be funded for up to a maximum ofthe allocation of budget for partners shall be at least 30 % of available operational EU funding together with calls for tender ) in December 201421 ; __________________ 21 Report on budgetary and financial management 2014, p.10.
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that in terms of volume of operational activities a total of seventy-four agreements have been signed in 2014 (64 signed Grant Agreements for Partners (GAP) and 10 Grant Agreements for Members (GAM) finalized) and 302 payments executed (276 for Partners and 26 for Members - covering individual payments to 201 beneficiaries)22 ; notes that seven projects were closed in the financial year 2014; __________________ 22 2014 Annual Activity Report, p. 7.
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points out that in MayJune 2014 Clean Sky 2 JU took over the activity of Clean Sky JU; notes that there is not enough Court's report does not include clear information regarding the statuse of play of implementation of Clean Sky JU projects (level of payments, payments plan for the coming years );
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Welcomes the signature of a memorandum of cooperation with SESAR Joint Undertaking, aimed at strengthening links and reinforcing synergies.
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Welcomes the achievements, as early as 2014, of some of the important demonstrators of the Clean Sky Programme, under FP7 financing, such as the Large Engines Demonstrator.